A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
Heating rivets which hold the steel plates against the tremendous pressure of the water, is an important link in the chain of shipbuilding. The worker keeps steady pace with the demands of the riveters, and as tons of rivets are used in each ship,...
This picture shows silicon and what researchers expect it to do. The pure element, in the form manufactured by DuPont, is below the ruler. Before it can be used it must be melted down to a solid mass, as at lower left and traces of other elements...
Total cost to build plant was $1,300,000,000 and involved more than 8,100 companies of which 5,745 were small firms. More than 138,000 purchase orders costing more $500,000,000 were placed. More than 87,000 orders totaling about $245,000,000 went...
Band saws are often used for cutting curves of large radius in Lucite methyl methacrylate resin. Because of the length of band saw blades, they dissipate heat more rapidly than do circular saws. Accordingly, they operate at lower temperatures and...
These 61 men and women, and the files, machines and other equipment that surround them, represent the force required to handle the DuPont Company's annual tax bill. In 1952, total taxes and re-negotiation for DuPont amounted to $395 million, more...
postcards; motels; tourism; restaurants; automobiles; electric signs;
on front of card: "Tarry More Hotel Courts. 90 Modern Rooms & Restaurant. Jackson, Miss." on back of card: "Tarry More Hotel Courts. 90 Modern Rooms. Restaurant and Texaco Service Station. At the Intersection of Highway 80 and 51 South. ...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Agriculture; Firearms;
Table of Contents: The payoff; Cool profits for manufacturers; United Nations, N.Y.; Neoprene takes the floor; Silos to smokestacks; White sheep, white sheep; Squeezing out waste; Getting the brush off; They raise more roses; Investment in safety;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; All terrain vehicles; Flat tires; Apple orchards; Cycling; Sport clothes; Fashion industry; Textile industry; Paint industry; Fishing; Newspapers;
Table of Contents: Boss of all the trails; Fast, no-fuss flat tire repair; Brain storms; Protective apple corps; More than another nylon; Bright prospects for optical disc; The paint with a past; A feel for more fish; Vying for the eyes of Texas;...
Table of Contents: Kachoos gotcha; Drink up, There's plenty more; Bored, not on Burton boards; It's a small world; A growing partnership; Here's to your helath; A whole new ball game; reinventing the wheel; No more crying over spilt milk; News in...
Table of Contents: Speaking of bridges; Shooting for recovery; A photographic study of DuPont MX patterns; Another iron horse with wings; Over the cameraman's shoulder; Let's eat more bread; New seals for new bottles; More light on gun-sighting; To...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Furniture industry; Agriculture;
Table of Contents: Letter from customer; Those popular bleached blondes; Pioneering in potash; Want a softer toothbrush; Packaging films report for duty; The gusher called Spindletop; Revolution in electronics; Fifth column of the forage land; This...
Mrs. Du Pont is relaying more news of the explosion of 11,000 pounds of finished powder, workers and family were sure that Irenee had been killed, but he was safe
